Draft:List of biographical films pre 1950s
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The following is a list of biographical films released before the 1950s.
Before 1920
[edit]1920s
[edit]1930s
[edit]1940s
[edit]highest grossing films
[edit]| Rank | Film | Gross | Year | Subject(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleopatra | $1,000,000 | 1917 | Cleopatra | [1] |
| 2 | Joan the Woman | $605,731 | 1916 | Joan of Arc | [2] |
| Example | Example | Example | Example |
see also
[edit]references
[edit]- ^ Daugherty, Gregory N. (2022). The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media. ISBN 978-1-3503-4073-2.
No data survives, but Bara herself claimed that the epic grossed a million dollars, quite an achievement since it reportedly cost $500,000 to make.
- ^ Birchard, Robert (2009). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN 9780813123240.